A program dedicated to the marvelous glass instrument, the Cristal, invented by the Baschet brothers of Paris in 1956. Consisting of glass rods, the Cristal is played by rubbing the rods with wet fingers, the way one would a wine glass, the vibrations of which are then acoustically amplified through a series of metallic resonators Host Charles Amirkhanian is joined in the KPFA studios by David James, Jerry Kuderna, Peter Josheff and Annie Hallett, who play a number of pieces live as well as listen to some previously recorded works. (from KPFA Folio)


This audio is part of the collection: Other Minds Audio Archive
It also belongs to collections: Music & Arts; stream_only

Date: 1992-08-25
Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview and Music; Unconventional Instruments; 20th Century Classical

Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States

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